Carroll Allen Duncan was born in Bloomfield, Kentucky. The son of C. Tom Duncan, he later lived in Anchorage, Kentucky and attended Bardstown High School and Western Kentucky State Normal School. He entered the State University of Kentucky (now known as the University of Kentucky) in the fall of 1909 and graduated in 1914 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. He was a member of Tau Beta Kake and the Louisville Club. He married Kate N. Clagett and lived in Fairmont, West Virginia. He was employed as the Superintendent of Construction for Sanderson and Porter.

The Carroll Allen Duncan papers and photographs consist of 14 items. The items belonged to Carroll Allen Duncan, who attended the University of Kentucky from 1909 to 1914 and document a portion of his time at UK. It includes casual photographs and postcards removed from a scrapbook and also a program from the Leap Year Dance on January 26, 1912 that lists the names of Duncan's dance partners. The photographs are of men and women, some taken on the University of Kentucky campus. The two postcards are of the State University of Kentucky football team.

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11Leap Year Dance at Patterson Hall Dance Card 26-Jan-1212Two men on a tennis court circa 1914137 women sitting on a fence circa 1914143 men sitting on a cannon on UK's campus circa 1914152 women on a porch with a puppy circa 1914163 women standing in water circa 191417Man in a football uniform circa 1914182 men sitting on the lawn of the University of Kentucky's campus with Barker Hall and Buell Armory in the background circa 1914192 men sitting on the lawn of the University of Kentucky's campus with Barker Hall, Buell Armory and the Administration Building in the background circa 1914110Man and woman sitting at the bottom of a wooden structure circa 1914111Group of 11 men standing on the steps of a building circa 1914112Group of 11 men seated on the steps of a building circa 1914113Individual photos of the 15 member football team on one card. Reads: "State University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1912" and the photos are labeled with the players's names 1912114Football game circa 1912